The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-26

Remarks That Will Be Read with Interest in
the United States and Canada.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON, Oct. 25.--An immense meeting was
held at Islington tonight which passed reso-
luton expressing satisfaction with the govern
nents appointment of Mr.. Chamberlain as chief
Of the British fisheries commission. Mr.
Chamberlain, who was present, replied to the
resolution, saying that he fully appreciated the
reference OF the meeting to the honorable and
important mission upon which he would embark
in few days. He was aware that his task
would be difficult one. The question he was
to consider was complicated and involved enor-
nous interests. Upon several occasions within
the present century it had gone far toward en-
dangerine the smicab.e relations between Eng
land and the United States. Unfortunately. he
said the difficulties in his way not inhe-
rent in the involved in the issue.
MIR. Chamberlain then referred to published
telegram which he presumed that all of his
hearers had seen, stating that the Irish in Amer
lea would do anything in their power to mar
the usefulness of his mission, and would be able
to prevent it's success. He did not doubt the
fact that the Irish Americans were ready to use
every effort to prevent a settlement Of the
Indeed. there had never been time within the
last thirty years when the Irish in America had
not been willing to use the privileges which had
been conceded them by their adopted country in
between Great Britain and America. More than
once they had shown their readiness to leopard
ize the best interests of their adopted country
in order to avenge real or fancied injuries,
and he was not sufficiently sanguine
to anticipate that on the present occasion they
would change their policy. But be encour-
aged by the belief that vast ma jority of native
Americans cheersl. and every Englishman and
Scotchman in the United Kingdom would regard
a fraticidal conflict between the two countries as
a crime of the deepest dye. They were
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tlement and would not allow it to be leopard
lied by party rancor or personal feelings.
AS this would be the last time be would make
a public speech before leaving for America he
stating that the Toronto Globe had referred
to some of his words in Ulster, constituting them
into an insult to all Canadians. There seemed
to have been great misapprehensiop of his mean
ing. What he said was that there was a part of
Canada seeking commercial union with the
United States, i'm plying free trade between Cam
ada and the United States while at the same
time it was proposed to continue to impose pro-
tective duties upon imports from the mother
country. Thus Canada was to give preference
in every article of manufacture to the United
States over Great Britain. He had said that il
the people OF Canada desired an arrange.
ment of that kind, there no doubt
that they would be able to secure it. He did
not think that anybody in this country would
attempt to prevent it by force but he had
marked that in that case all the advantages of
the slender tie still binding Canada to England
cerned and il was not likely that the people Of
Great Britain would continue much longer TO
sustain the obligations and responsibilities of
relationship after all reciprocal benefits had
been withdrawn SO he had said that a CONNER
cial union of this kind if it ever came about,
would be the first step to and signal
of practical separation. That was
a matter of fact. and he could not conceive how
any human being with grain of reason could
discover anything insulting in the statement.
This threw vivid light upon the question of
ireland. Mr.. Gladstone had Quoted Canada as
an illustration of how might maintain i'm
perial control over matters OF imperial interest.
while allowing entire Independence in all do
mesiic business. The Toronto Globe said that
Canada had reached stage of development
wnere its choice must prevail over all considera-
tions. That meant that Canada had right
and he would not dispute it-whenever her
interests demanded it, to follow her interests
without reference TO the views Of the mother
country. although the subject might be among
those expressly Withdrawn from her cognizance
by the Constitution. If ever ireland obtained
practically independent Parliament. separation
would be at the discretion Of that Parliament